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So let's have a thread devoted to caving and cave-diving horror stories, because I'm sure that fixating on claustrophobia and drowning is an extremely healthy and fun activity to do! I've recently discovered this side of youtube and have been binge-watching videos on these uniquely terrifying accidents for the past while now. A couple examples for your watching enjoyment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9nDNZ4-Wy8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jykyqAEImwA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhEAD2RdC5I A long one about an early 20th century rescue story. It's a bit lighter, but still terrifying. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnI_oZKxzl0 I believe the moral of this story is, very much like climbing Everest: just don't do it What are your favorite caving horror stories? Do you have any personal cave exploration/hole exploration stories? EDIT: An oldie but goodie. Every  CAVES  thread needs this.Colonel Taint posted:Can't not mention this classic from Ted the caver. DrSunshine fucked around with this message at 00:14 on Aug 25, 2023 |
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i like rock climbing and the equipment expertise and technical ability has obvious cross over, but ive never once considered spelunking as it seems completely insane in a way that climbing upwards does not. i can' t explain it but it is what it is
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Theres a provincial park a few hours from where I live that is supposed to have "a bunch of caves in it". The location has not been published for obvious reasons. I've never been to them, but after a gang of research, looking at google earth and a bunch of other GIS poo poo I'm pretty sure I've figured out the location. Hoping to take a trip up there this fall and check them out, but Its a bit of a trek and I can't drive particularly close to them, so I'll have to hike for a few to several km depending on where I decide to park. If I mysteriously stop posting this fall I probably found them and got lost inside. wesleywillis fucked around with this message at 00:08 on Aug 25, 2023 |
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Aug 24, 2023 21:56
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If you like clickbaity videos about horrible fates you just might be a sicko freak
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Aug 24, 2023 21:59
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Ambassadorofsodomy posted:Theres a provincial park a few hours from where I live that is supposed to have "an extensive cave system". The location has not been published for obvious reasons. Have fun being eviscerated by cave mutants!
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Aug 24, 2023 22:01
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I spelunked many times in my ex-wife's caverous vagina and I consider that personally horrible
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Colonel Cancer posted:If you like clickbaity videos about horrible fates you just might be a sicko freak is it a 50/50 thing or is there a skew in one direction? I've been to Luray Caverns a couple of times and it's lovely down there but the last time it was wall-to-wall people for the entire tour and that sucked. I'm not claustrophobic or anything, it was just too loving crowded. Not really a horror story but it's about all I've got. When I was a very small child I toured a salt mine that was either in Germany or Austria (along with some other cool stuff like the catacombs under Salzburg and Hitler's Eagle's Nest fortress in Berchtesgaden) and I remember there was a huge multicolored wall of solidified salt and an underground salt lake. Being that deep underground was cool as poo poo to the budding D&D nerd that I was.
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Henry Lee Mucus posted:I spelunked many times in my ex-wife's caverous vagina and I consider that personally horrible That hole was definitely not made for you then.
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Aug 24, 2023 23:25
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People willingly crawling into holes and then getting stuck in the hole? YAWN. Wake me up when the holes start going after people.
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Aug 24, 2023 23:39
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spelunker? i barely touched'er
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Aug 24, 2023 23:46
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Can't not mention this classic from Ted the caver. https://www.angelfire.com/trek/caver/index.html
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Colonel Taint posted:Can't not mention this classic from Ted the caver. Ahhh yeah, this is a classic! Thanks, I was trying to remember this but forgot the name! Added to the OP. My GOD though, Angelfire still exists?
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Cave diving is the horrible combination of claustrophobia, drowning, and certain death that keeps me awake at night.
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Aug 25, 2023 00:28
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i think the main appeal when it comes to caving is rule #1, my cave my rules aren’t many hobbies that can provide that sort of limitless authority
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DrSunshine posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnI_oZKxzl0 heheheheheh. uploaded hole. Nutty Putty Cave is a tragic name and tragic place to die. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWwPg8ruxfI
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cave diving and real hardcore regular caving is 100% a weird mental illness, like the thrill of extreme sports - where you could *die* - isn't enough, you wanna really have the risk of dying really, really horribly under the worst possible circumstances
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Bad Purchase posted:i think the main appeal when it comes to caving is rule #1, my cave my rules plus there are no laws once you get down to a certain depth so you can screen NFL games and cut the tags off of mattresses, it's like Caligula down there. Still don't recommend eating those "do not eat" packets that come in stuff like beef jerky though. There are no mortal laws, but the laws of vomit apply everywhere.
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I went spelunking with a friend and his dad (larger gentleman) as a teenager, and the guide was visibly stressed about him barely squeezing through a belly crawl spot. getting trapped in a cave because some guy got lodged in your only means of egress would be the worst
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Aug 25, 2023 08:09
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nice obelisk idiot posted:I went spelunking with a friend and his dad (larger gentleman) as a teenager, and the guide was visibly stressed about him barely squeezing through a belly crawl spot. getting trapped in a cave because some guy got lodged in your only means of egress would be the worst Now that's a horror story right there that also presents a moral dillema. Do you wait for rescue and take a chance that three people die? Or do you do the unthinkable to rescue two?
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Aug 25, 2023 09:42
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spelunking chhecklist: flashlight gloves knee-pads bonesaw
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Funky See Funky Do posted:People willingly crawling into holes and then getting stuck in the hole? YAWN. Wake me up when the holes start going after people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmeEsgfl7BQ
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Aug 25, 2023 13:26
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crawling into the earth is a horrible idea imho
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I've been stuck in a cave for the last 15 years. Uber eats has been keeping me alive
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Saalkin posted:I've been stuck in a cave for the last 15 years. Uber eats has been keeping me alive You drive your Tesla in and the battery died, or what?
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McGavin posted:You drive your Tesla in and the battery died, or what? You'd have to pay me a good sum of money to drive a tesla buddy I'm not in Vegas
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Aug 25, 2023 14:01
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i went into a bunch of caves growing up, i was like a little white miyamoto runnin around exploring hyrule and its oddly wet dungeons. well, i guess half of those were really storm drains, but
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Aug 25, 2023 14:02
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humming "down in a hole" to myself as i rap into a crevasse from which i will surely not return
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probably the worst one was in high school, our after school club went to a cave that looked like a big sock shaped hole just chunked out of the rolling hills around it otherwise. that one was wet too and NOT sewer related, and while it was really cool walking along and seeing this huge underground reservoir, it was also kind of hosed up that any one of was could have slipped and been lost forever to near pitch black rapids below (picture an underground lake with no other light sources other than dozens of flickering flashlights). the part that made it really bad was further in when it got narrow enough horizontally that we were crawling as if through an airvent, except the vent is also really wet and ruins your shirt. man gently caress wet rear end caves
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Funky See Funky Do posted:People willingly crawling into holes and then getting stuck in the hole? YAWN. Wake me up when the holes start going after people. https://junjiitomanga.fandom.com/wiki/The_Enigma_of_Amigara_Fault You reminded me of this bizarre horror story Edit: In my defense, I haven't had any coffee yet There Bias Two fucked around with this message at 14:20 on Aug 25, 2023 |
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the title didnt?
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There Bias Two posted:https://junjiitomanga.fandom.com/wiki/The_Enigma_of_Amigara_Fault oh wow nice freaking catch
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:oh wow nice freaking catch
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The only cave I've ever been into was when I was hiking with my ex-gf through Pinnacles National Park, and the trail led through a cave part. It was quite short, and in retrospect, it was (as far as caves are concerned) was quite safe, with directional arrows and no squeezes. Still, clambering over the slick rocks and vertical ascents was one of the most terrifying 15 minutes of my life! I was so relieved to get out of it. EDIT: The Yo-Yo Pit Incident
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:oh wow nice freaking catch Lol
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Well There's Your Problem did an episode on caving and caving disasters: https://youtu.be/jUJKRVu6IVA?si=PWz5vsVxNN4Xgn1E
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:oh wow nice freaking catch Lmao
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Larger caves that you can actually walk around in are pretty neat but it's fun how even in the big safe tourist caves a guide will point out a nondescript looking nook and be like "Oh yeah, over here we have the Disappear Forever Hole, it looks like it's big enough to go inside but it will instantly obliterate your body and soul without a trace. Mind the path!"
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This hole was made for me! Durr, durrrr
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The exciting thing about getting stuck in a small-crevice cave and never found again, is that you have the chance of getting fossilized into the rock for millions of years. 
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the holy poopacy posted:Larger caves that you can actually walk around in are pretty neat but it's fun how even in the big safe tourist caves a guide will point out a nondescript looking nook and be like "Oh yeah, over here we have the Disappear Forever Hole, it looks like it's big enough to go inside but it will instantly obliterate your body and soul without a trace. Mind the path!" lol
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